Brief Life History of Joseph Caswell "Cas"
When Joseph Caswell "Cas" Rutherford was born on 20 March 1874, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joseph Rutherford, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Click, was 32. He married Emma Addie Lou Bryant on 18 August 1898, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 5, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Newport, Cocke, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 28 February 1948, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Caswell Rutherford, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Caswell J Rutherford - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Caswell Rutherford
- Caswell Rutherford, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from Rutherford in Maxton (Roxburghshire), apparently named with Old English hrīther, hrȳther ‘ox’ + ford ‘ford’, though a British Celtic origin of the type ro- ‘great’ + dubr- ‘water, river’ is also possible for the first element. Places named Rutherford in West Linton (West Lothian) and Barningham (North Yorkshire) are less likely sources of the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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